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The following links may be of interest to you as you pursue
the world of sculpture!
Organizations and Societies
Brookgreen Gardens
Brookgreen is one of the country's leading cultural and educational
institutions and a National Historic Landmark. Its mission is to preserve the native flora and fauna and display objects of art within the
natural setting of Brookgreen Gardens.
National Sculpture Society
The National Sculpture Society is the oldest organization of professional
sculptors in the United States. The purpose of the NSS is to promote excellence in figurative and realist sculpture throughout the United States.
NAMTA
The National Art Materials Trade Association is an international organization comprised of 1,100 companies engaged in the
art and creative materials industry. Founded in 1950, the association’s purpose is to provide its members with forums to exchange information, resources to enhance their
effectiveness and opportunities for growth. NAMTA is recognized as the primary source of information on fine art materials, an advocate of the arts
and host of the premier trade show for fine art materials.
Publications
Sculpture Review
For 50 years Sculpture Review
has been hailed as the foremost figurative sculpture magazine in the world. The magazine explores contemporary and historic issues in the field through
interviews with prominent sculptors, essays on genre and form, news, book reviews and features about current and upcoming stars in the sculpture
world. Exceptional photographs accompany the writing. Sculpture Review is available through subscription and on newsstands.
Sculpture
Sculpture is an international, monthly magazine dedicated to all forms of contemporary sculpture.
It contains provocative criticisms, knowledgeable technical discussions and timely exploration of new materials and techniques.
For more information, contact the magazine at: 1529 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, PH: 202.234.0555.
Sculptural Pursuit
A quarterly art/literary publication in full color, Sculptural Pursuit explores the world of sculpture and
its creative and technical processes. The magazine celebrates the human experience through the eyes of sculptors and shares information on fine art sculpture
including stone, bronze, clay, glass, metal, wood, and mixed media. The magazine consists of articles, columns, original artwork, photography, and
poetry. Articles include interviews with professional artists, trade tips and illustrations, creative processes, inspiration, the business of art, and
art history.
Professional Sculptors
Martin Eichinger
A member of the National Sculpture Society, Mr. Eichinger has won several competitions and awards for his bronze
sculptures. "Exploring different life experiences", his works are "grouped into five series:
Duet, Dream, Exotic Women, Goddess, and Passage Series.
Zenos Frudakis
" Zenos' emphasis has been the figure
and the portrait, as demonstrated in his many monumental figure/portrait works, individual portrait busts and bas-reliefs. He excels at expressing
the character and vitality of his subjects while capturing an accurate likeness. Zenos portfolio includes figure sculpture, animals, bas-reliefs,
portraits -- both busts and paintings - of living and historical individuals, and poetic/philosophical sculpture with a post-modern sensibility."
Gwen Marcus
Ms. Marcus is an elected Fellow of the National Sculpture Society. She began exhibiting her
work at age nine. Later she attended New York University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Art Students league, and the National academy of Design
School. She has exhibited in numerous shows throughout the United States and is included in many important collections throughout the world.
Rosie Sandifer
Ms. Sandifer is an elected Fellow of the National Sculpture Society as well as a Fellow Member of the
American Artists Professional League. She also holds membership with Allied Artists, with whom she participates in shows and galleries across
America. Her public placements include:
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a twenty foot monument
of the Roughneck at Texas A&M University
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an eight foot statue
at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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a bust at National
Democratic Headquarters in Washington, DC
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pieces at numerous
universities, museums and other public venues
J. A. Onder
Ms. Onder, a realistic, figurative sculptor, studied art at the Cleveland
Institute of Art in Ohio and Fullerton College in California. Collectors include The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Parnelli
Jones, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Alf Powis, Mrs. John R. Bradfield, Tuck Langland, Betty White and President Gerald R. Ford. She has sought out and
had the good fortune of studying under master sculptors Bruno Luccesi, Stanley Bleifield, Richard MacDonald and Tuck Langland.
A touch of red can be found on each bronze, a “signature” that has developed naturally over the years.
This is at times obvious, at times very subtle and always great fun for the viewer to find.
Stephanie Huerta
A graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design, in Sarasota, FL, Ms. Huerta studied Sculpture, Painting and Printmaking.
While in Florida, she freelanced with Universal Studios and Nickelodeon Studios as a Sculptor and Chief Scenic Artist. Now living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
Ms. Huerta's sculpture ranges from relief portraits for the College Football Hall of Fame to life-size horses for the Witte Museum in Texas. Her work ranges from large
scale oil paintings to figurative and expressionistic sculptures in bronze, steel and plaster/cement. Her work is driven by her social consciousness towards
environmental issues and her love of harmony in nature.
David Klass
A member of the National Sculpture Society, Mr. Klass is a world-renowned
sculptor/anatomist whose work is known for its powerful realism. In addition to his human figures his knowledge of anatomy and structures has allowed him
to create animal sculptures with equal ease and facility. In 1991 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City commissioned him to create two
life size horses for their Arms and Armor Wing.
Veryl Goodnight
A member of the National Sculpture Society, Ms. Goodnight is one of today’s best-known bronze sculptors of Western
and animal subjects. Her largest work to date, The Day The Wall Came Down, a monument to freedom, portrays five horses jumping over the rubble of the collapsed
Berlin Wall. It is located at the George Bush Presidential Library as well as a "sister" casting placed at the Allied Museum in Berlin.
Susie Chisholm
Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Susie Grantham Chisholm grew up in
a home that encouraged artistic expression. With a degree in Graphic Design, Susie worked on a variety of projects that included design work for a paper
bag company, creating billboard designs and designing and building exhibits for the Savannah Science Museum.
Her introduction to sculpture began in 1996 when she enrolled in a portrait sculpture class
in her hometown, Savannah. In addition to reading every book on sculpture in the Savannah
library, learning everything she could about her new medium, she studied with professional sculptors Teena Stern and Don Haugen of Atlanta, Bruno
Lucchesi and Jerry Cox in Scottsdale, Arizona, Tuck Langland in Loveland, Colorado, and David Klass at Brookgreen Gardens. She also participated
in a 1997 University of Georgia program in Cortona, Italy where she studied sculpture and bronze casting.
Although a relative newcomer to sculpture, her work has been well received.
Public commissions can be seen in the Chatham County Main Library (Savannah) and in the new Savannah Islands YMCA. Her work is in numerous private
collections throughout the US and in Savannah's Chroma Gallery. She currently has a studio in the Art Center in Historic Savannah's City
Market where her work can be seen by chance or appointment.
Specialty Item Sources
Mountain Woodcarvers
Every woodcarver from beginner to professional can find quality, affordable woodcarving
tools and supplies to make their carving more fun and enjoyable!
Colorado Alabaster
Colorado Alabaster Supply has quarried and sold sculpture quality alabaster from its location since 1969.
They supply stone to professional sculptors, lathe turners, high schools, colleges, universities, art schools, and sculpture supply businesses across
the United States and Canada. They can provide stone in sizes ranging from small fist or head size for classroom use, on up. And they also offer a selection
of hand tools, finishing supplies, and books.
J B Prince
Providing chefs and cooks with high quality, hard-to-find utensils for over 20 years, the company also carries
carving tools and equipment for the those of you practicing the art of ice sculpture.
Miscellaneous Points of Interest
Sculpture in the Park
Heralded as one of the finest outdoor juried exhibitions of three-dimensional artwork
in the United States, Sculpture in the Park features the work of 180 sculptors from around the world. The event is majestically staged against the
backdrop of the Rocky Mountains and attracts thousands of art lovers and collectors from across the country to Loveland's Benson Sculpture Garden.
Each year, over the second weekend of August, Benson Sculpture Garden is transformed by the
Loveland High Plains Arts Council and their volunteers from a park into a beautiful setting for this outstanding exhibit. Highlights of
Sculpture in the Park include Friday night's Patron Party and a two-day silent auction. |
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